Empireとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: ĕmʹpīə, ĕmʹpī-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈɛmpaɪə/, /ˈɛmpaɪ.ə/
• (General American) enPR: ĕmʹpīr', ĕmʹpī'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈɛmˌpaɪɹ/, /ˈɛmˌpaɪɚ/
• 韻: -aɪə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: em‧pire

名詞

empire (複数形 empires)

1. A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one または more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.

   the Russian empire

2. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

   The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.

3. A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
4. An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

   the McDonald's fast food empire

   • 2002, Evelyn L. Damore, The Rattle and Hiss of the Tin Gods, iUniverse (→ISBN), page 111:

     “Revenues for Jackson's non-profit empire sky-rocketed from $4 million in 1997, to more than $14 million just two years later.”

   • 2009, Martin Short, The Rise of the Mafia, Kings Road Publishing (→ISBN)

     The Mafia never forgave Castro but Lansky had already laid the foundations of a mob gambling empire all over the Caribbean […]

5. (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
   • 1881, François Guizot, The History of Civilization from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution..., page 122:

     The brutality, the unthinking, the unreflecting character of the barbarians were so great, that the new faith, the new feelings with which they had been inspired, exercised but a very slight empire over them.

   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 1:

     With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.

   • 2010, Stefania Tutino, Empire of Souls: Robert Bellarmine and the Christian Commonwealth, Oxford University Press (→ISBN), page 270:

     […] could gain some political strength for the pope, but in so doing the pope would lose the uniqueness and supremacy of his empire over souls: […]

派生語

関連する語

• emperor
• empress
• imperator
• imperatrix
• imperial
• imperially
• imperium
• imperate
• imperation

Further reading

• empire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• empire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• empire at OneLook Dictionary Search

形容詞

empire (not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Empire.

アナグラム

• E-Prime, epimer, permie, premie